Malaysia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Malaysia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Malaysia
IPC code	MAS
NPC	Paralympic Council of Malaysia
Website	www.paralympic.org.my  (in English)
in Tokyo
Competitors	22 in 9 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Bonnie Bunyau Gustin Siti Noor Iasah [1]
Flag bearer (closing)	Cheah Liek Hou [2]
Medals Ranked 39th	Gold 3 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 5
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Malaysia competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan from 24 August to 5 September 2021 which was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dato' Sri Megat D Shahriman Bin Dato' Zaharudin, president of the Malaysian Paralympic Council, is the chef de mission of the delegation. ^[3]

Medalists

Main article: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Bonnie Bunyau Gustin	Powerlifting	Men's 72 kg	28 August
Gold	Cheah Liek Hou	Badminton	Men's Singles SU5	4 September
Gold	Abdul Latif Romly	Athletics	Men's Long jump T20	4 September
Silver	Jong Yee Khie	Powerlifting	Men's 107 kg	30 August
Silver	Chew Wei Lun	Boccia	Mixed individual BC1	1 September

Background

Opening and closing ceremonies

Bonnie Bunyau Gustin and Siti Noor Iasah Mohamad Ariffin were flag bearers of Malaysia in the opening ceremony. In the Parade of Nations, both athletes and officials wore the Malay legendary warrior Hang Tuah inspired attire designed by the Department of fashion design and Art and Design Faculty of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) in Shah Alam (Main Campus). The attire, in the colours of the national flag, featured the "Songket Bunga Tabur" pattern. The female athletes and official wore the baju kurung complete with a dokoh (tiered pendant) and selendang (shawl), while the male athletes and officials wore the traditional Baju Melayu complete with an outer coat, a sampin and the Tengkolok (headgear). ^{[4] [5]}

Shuttler Cheah Liek Hou was named as flagbearer for the closing ceremony.

Target and achievement

On 19 July 2021, Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican announced that the Malaysian delegation to the 2020 Summer Paralympics had a target to win three gold medals, matching the medal haul of the previous edition in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ^[6] Malaysia managed to achieve this target with three gold medals and two silver medals, totalling to 5 medals, making it the most successful outcome in Paralympic history, surpassing their record of four medals in the 2016 games.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games: ^[7]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	2	0	2
Athletics	4	1	5
Badminton	2	0	2
Boccia	1	0	1
Cycling	3	2	5
Powerlifting	2	0	2
Swimming	2	1	3
Table tennis	1	0	1
Wheelchair Tennis	1	0	1
Total	18	4	22

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Malaysia have qualified 2 quota for archery. ^[8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Suresh Selvathamby	Individual recurve	579	28	—	Tsydendorzhiev  (RPC) L 2–6	Did not advance
Wiro Julin	Individual compound open	673	26	Bye	Shigaev  (RPC) L 126–136	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

All male athletes have qualified from the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships at Dubai. They have qualified by being top 3 in each event. Malaysia have also entered 1 female athlete. ^[9]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• PB = Personal Best
• SB = Season Best
• DNS = Did not start

Men's track events

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mohamad Ridzuan Mohamad Puzi	100 m T36	12.06	1 Q SB	12.15	4

Men's field events

Athlete	Events	Final	Rank
Wong Kar Gee	Long jump T13	5.93 PB	6
Abdul Latif Romly	Long jump T20	7.45 SB
Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli	Shot put F20	DNS

Women's track events

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Siti Noor Iasah Mohamad Ariffin	400 m T20	59.89	4 q SB	1:01.05	8

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Malaysia has qualified two para badminton players for each of the following events into the Paralympic tournament based on the Para Badminton World Rankings. ^[10]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Cheah Liek Hou	Singles SU5	Eldakrory  (EGY) W (21–3, 21–2)	Fang  (TPE) W (21–13, 21–8)	Imai  (JPN) W (21–19, 21–12)	1 Q	Fang  (TPE) W (15–21, 21–10, 21–16)	Dheva  (INA) W (21–17, 21–15)
Didin Taresoh	Singles SH6	Nagar  (IND) L (20–22, 10–21)	Tavares  (BRA) L (13–21, 13r–18)	—	3	Did not advance

Boccia

Main article: Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Chew Wei Lun get a ticket for Malaysia in Individual BC1 events. ^[11]

Athlete	Event	Pool matches					Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Chew Wei Lun	Mixed individual BC1	Oliveira  (BRA) W 5–2	Huadpradit  (THA) W 3*–3	Jung  (KOR) W 9–3	Curinova  (CZE) W 11–0	1 Q	Zhang  (CHN) W 4–2	Ramos  (POR) W 9–5	Smith  (GBR) L 2–4

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Malaysia sent three male and two female cyclists after allocations from the combined nations ranking. ^{[12] [13] [14]}

Road

Men's road event

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Mohamad Yusof Hafizi Shaharuddin	Time trial C1	26:46.56	5
	Road race C1–3	-1 LAP	33
Muhammad Hafiz Jamali	Time trial C5	1:01:35.78	12
Zuhairie Ahmad Tarmizi		DNF

Women's road event

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Nur Azlia Syafinaz Mohd Zais (Nurul Suhada Zainal – pilot)	Time trial B	DNF
	Road race B	DNS

Track

Men's track event

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Mohamad Yusof Hafizi Shaharuddin	Individual pursuit C1	3:58.413	7	Did not advance
Muhammad Hafiz Jamali	1000m Time trial C4–5	—		1:11.288	19
Zuhairie Ahmad Tarmizi		—		1:06.472	10
Mohamad Yusof Hafizi Shaharuddin Muhammad Hafiz Jamali Zuhairie Ahmad Tarmizi	Mixed team sprint	50.532	5	Did not advance

Women's track event

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Nur Azlia Syafinaz Mohd Zais (Nurul Suhada Zainal – pilot)	1000m Time trial B	—		1:15.005	9

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Bonnie Bunyau Gustin get a ticket for Malaysia in Mens 65kg event. ^{[15] [16]}

Athlete	Events	Final
		Results	Rank
Bonnie Bunyau Gustin	Men's -72kg	228 PR
Jong Yee Khie	Men's -107kg	237

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Muhammad Nur Syaiful Zulkafli and Brenda Anellia Larry has successfully entered the paralympic slot after breaking the MQS. ^{[17] [18]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Muhammad Nur Syaiful Zulkafli	50 metre freestyle S5	33.46	5 Q	32.82	5
	100 metre freestyle S5	1:16.33	7 Q	1:15.12	7
	200 metre freestyle S5	DSQ		Did not advance
	100 metre breaststroke SB4	DSQ		Did not advance
Jamery Siga	50 metre butterfly S5	40.32	13	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Brenda Anellia Larry	50 metre backstroke S4	59.33	11	Did not advance
	50 metre butterfly S5	1:00.62	13	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Men's

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Round 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final/BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Chee Chaoming	Individual – Class 9	Kalem  (ITA) L 0–3	Stacey  (GBR) L 0–3	Ma Lin  (AUS) L 0–3	4	Did not advance

Wheelchair tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Malaysia qualified one players entries for wheelchair tennis. Abu Samah Borhan qualified by the world rankings.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Abu Samah Borhan	Men's singles	Gil  (CRC) W 4–6, 6–3, 6–2	Egberink  (NED) L 0–6, 1–6	Did not advance

See also

• Malaysia at the Paralympics
• Malaysia at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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